The Strategic Approach of the Concept of “Expediency” (A Case Study of the Hudaybiyyah Peace Treaty)

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Professor of political science in Tehran's Allameh Tabatabai University

2 Graduate master of Political Thought in Islam, from Tehran's Allameh Tabatabai University

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As specified in Islam, fixed and variable provisions determined based on individual needs, there is also the sphere of ruling in the area of a government decree and powers to govern the community administration, based on the provisions of time and place.In this regard, the status of "expediency" as the solvent of crises in situations where we confront in the event of a conflict of interests is one of the most important issues in religious government, especially in the concluding treaties where the government based on material and the spiritual matter should sacrifice less beneficial one. It seems that the practical manner of the Prophet (PBUH) in the concluding of the treaties at the beginning of Islam presents a sound answer to this issue. Therefore, in a strategic approach in the peace of Hudaybiyyah, there are some questions similar to these two questions: what is the practical interest in negotiating the treaty of Hudaybiyyah and what criteria did the Prophet (PBUH) apply in this treaty?The study and analysis of the Hudaybiyyah Peace Treaty as the most significant treaty of prophetic government with the hermeneutic method of Schleiermacher, which is historical analysis method, shows "expediency" in this treaty was based on the socio-political situation has been temporarily adopted in the conditions of Hudaybiyyah; therefore, according to circumstances the negotiation with the pagans is more strategic than to fight. The rules governing this treaty are: 1. Be at the suggestion of the enemy and from the position of authority. 2. Stop

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